“Once upon at time” was never quite like this... Fairy tales were never meant for children. With powerful insight and surprising wisdom, they explore the violence, fears and moral complexities of life, things no child can fully comprehend. Written for grown-ups with a little bit of magic still lingering in their souls, this enchanting new collection features Tanith Lee, Nancy Kress, Robin McKinley, Patricia A. McKillip and seventeen more of today’s most imaginative writers offering twenty-one extraordinary tales of wonder and illusion, told with a modern twist. [from dust jacket flap]